None of us that started in 2013 play or have played on steam
Steam numbers mean nothing
Steam counts you as active if you just log in for minute to collect daily log in
Number of bots in the game ,on all BR’s /in all modes suggest that Gaijin is padding up numbers .
People have been pulling the “its dying” claim for years and it keeps on going.
Lot of it is the rose-tinted glasses effect, lot of people claiming “Fox3’s/ATGM’s/Radar/etc is killing the game”.
Steam is the only way to get player numbers for any game, devs stopped doing that in like the 2000’s because investors are more impressed by some corpo speak meaningless “active users” which games can inflate. Saying you have 1 million monthly users sounds better than 20k concurrent player peaks.
For games that are not only on steam, the steam data is at least useful for seeing trends. And either way the numbers on steam for WT are impressive. Even more impressive than the player count is the fact WT has been in the top like 20 of sales data/chart for literally years, and anyone with half a brain doesnt use steam to make purchases for this game which means gaijin is making an absolute fortune on this game.
Where the money goes who knows? I really hope its not all being invested into their other projects because most of these are failing. Active matter and enlisted are the only ones they published that aren’t pure shovelware. Enlisted had a shot but its practically dead now, and would have been better to just have that content in WT (inf TT), maybe active matter will do well? I really hate the trend of these studios using their cash cow games to do this, gaijin is not alone in this.
flat out next to impossible
War thunder is a online version of a single player game (all the solo missions are literally ported over from it) gaijin made a few years earlier, which in itself borrowed engine code, assets and systems from older xbox 360/ps3 games which were for the most part ports of early-mid 2000s IL2 sequel games gaijin worked on, cleaning up near to a quarter of a century of old code would take so long it would be better to start new entirely. This would take years of continuous work to get to the same level as we are seeing from WT today so just is not feasible
All games die eventually, I see war thunder likely making it to the 20 year mark so don’t worry for another half decade
Pretty cool! Can you also find the player count that only launch the game from WT launcher directly like me? Last time I played WT from steam was YEARS ago because WT launcher is much faster to open WT itself
I’m going to say it once again: War Thunder is feasting on the body — the playerbase — of WoT. Also, Steam player counts are very real. Like, take Unturned for example — highly botted. I’m not saying it’s bots here, I’m just throwing that out there.
The other thing is the high influx of new players and the loss of ‘skilled players’ — the ones who actually participate in the community. I believe we’re seeing a kind of brain drain in War Thunder. I don’t want to go on and on about the impact of that, but honestly, this could be a planned move by Gaijin: to create a softer, less engaged fanbase, like mobile games, in order to monetize it more and more
Glad someone else can use their mental capacity to understand.
Also forgot about aces of thunder. I used to play enlisted in its early access, but after gaijin really took over the game, you could tell, and I didn’t enjoy it as much anymore tbh.
Afaik, there is no way, or no saved data from solely launcher users, that data would only be available from gaijin themselves.
That’s kind of the point of the article, because many are saying the game is dying and it’s all gaijins fault.
Statistics.
you also need to remember that in 2024 they removed the server they used for AI for the in game lobby fills so make the 2024 about a good 20k less due to 3rd party software use
That’s not really how Steam counts players. They count active users with an actual profile, not to mention Steam’s only method of ‘botting’ is trade botting through accounts with a hacking method to make money from people who have funds in their Steam wallet.
The game isn’t gonna die, it, however, is getting stale. It’s dying in terms of player interest due to a lack of game mode options for variety.
But not from player pop.
Is it dying? No, but it’s definitely grown stale and boring. They are getting closer and closer to the modern age way too fast, and I feel like that will be when War Thunder will reach the end. I mean, most people here are excited for the next big thing: Meteor missiles, F-22, F-35, etc., and when that happens, what will keep people hyped? WWII tanks that no one cares about? The Great War tanks? Oh yeah, that will not go well.
Also, the only thing bringing people in is the fact it advertises itself as a modern era game. Imagine the shock people have when they see the daunting task of having to suffer through eight ranks to even get what was advertised. Sure, some people give into the premiums, but many others quit the game fast, especially since this game is punishing to grind.
Played enlisted for few days ,saw that it was same B.S by same devs “Lets glorify USSR/Russia” ,uninstalled never looked back.
There was 500 000 + of us during testing phase ,those that still play connect directly to servers but you are right …steam is great for inflating numbers…just one of the services Fat Gabe offers .
BTW …Beta tests was last time i had real fun in this game
I reached top tier with Italy and Germany and stopped right there …
Moment they decided to make GRB Heli/Plane Farmville was when i stopped playing other nations and wasting time in unlocking/spading/unlocking/spading …this game is worse than Runescape as xp grind.
Funny enough, my time playing beta Enlisted, I felt the Germans were OP. I was sniping people from the house outside Moscow’s gates with a MP-40. I believe I had like nearly 60 kills before finally being taken out by a tank. It was crazy, I was picking up my dead comrades’ rifles to carry on firing.
But yeah, I’m just getting all top tier and hiding away in Customs with friends. That’s why all my stuff basically ends when I spades it (hence my meh stats)
Please use this thread: War Thunder is Going to die in 2-4 Years
So in 1-3 years I can simply jump there and quote some more crazy posts to see their authors are still here and playing “dead game” with us ;)